The origins of violence against women by men are not biological. If that were the case, it would exist in every culture. And it doesn’t exist in every culture.
GLORIA STEINEMA woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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I have me brave women who are exploring the outer edge of human possibility, with no history to guide them, and with a courage to make themselves vulnerable that I find moving beyond words.
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Empathy is the most radical of human emotions.
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If men menstruated, they would brag about how much and for how long.
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I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career.
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imagining anything is the first step toward creating it. Believing in a true self is what allows a true self to be born.
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At my graduation, I thought we had to marry what we wished to become. Now you are becoming the men you once would have wished to marry.
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A movement is only composed of people moving. To feel its warmth and motion around us is the end as well as the means.
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Women have two choices: Either she’s a feminist or a masochist.
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There are many ways of supporting gender equality, from something as simple as paid sick leave and flexible work hours to attributing an economic value to all care-giving, and making that amount tax deductible.
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You are the leader you’ve been waiting for.
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One day an army of gray-haired women may quietly take over the Earth!
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I believe a unique core self is born into every human being; the result of millennia of environment and heredity combined in an unpredictable way that could never happen before or again.
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Law and justice are not always the same. When they aren’t, destroying the law may be the first step toward changing it.
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We’ve begun to raise daughters more like sons… but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters.
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Whenever one person stands up and says, “Wait a minute, this is wrong,” it helps other people do the same.
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